5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess A tier opener

GRATE

Yes, GRATE was the Wordle answer on September 24, 2022 (Wordle #462).

As an opener, it rules out about 96.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪt//ˈɡɹɛjt//ˈɡɹæɪt/

Noun

A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.

“The grate stopped the sheep from escaping from their field.”

Noun

A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.

Verb

To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars.

“to grate a window”

Verb

To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater.

“I need to grate the cheese before the potato is cooked.”

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: September 24, 2022 (#462).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How GRATE performs as a guess

GRATE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 88.0% of games, misses completely in 12.0%, and leaves about 87 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #390 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

G___E G in the 1st position and E in the 5th position G__T_ G in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SONLY OLDEN SLICE HOIST CURRY
Words starting with G Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.60 Entropy (bits)
87 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
96.3% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GRATE performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.58 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#390 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GRATE ranks #390 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
91
3 guesses
998
4 guesses
1,085
5 guesses
167
6 guesses
12
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
41%
All gray
12%

Example solver route

R O A T E
A C R I D
G R A T E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GRATE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

126 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

282
141
130
128
104
96
76
73
72
68
66
51
50
42
39
39
39
36
35
35
35
26
25
25
24
23
22
22
22
22

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GRATE:

12% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
6% chance
Suggested:
SONLY
6% chance
Suggested:
OLDEN

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

12.0% →
SOILY 5.70 bits
6.0% →
SONLY 5.14 bits
5.5% →
OLDEN 4.94 bits
5.4% →
SOILY 3.89 bits
4.4% →
SLICE 4.66 bits
4.1% →
HOIST 4.99 bits
3.2% →
CURRY 4.81 bits
3.1% →
CAROL 4.40 bits
3.1% →
CLASP 4.59 bits
2.9% →
SLEET 4.72 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for GRATE; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

G2R1A1T1E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.